Player Requirements:2x C Rank or the equivalent (minimum)Maximum 4 Mages

Job Requirements:7,500 Words Minimum10x Rolls Minimum

Job Location:Hargeon Town

Job Description:

Located deep within the bowels of Hargeon, buried under time itself a door has recently been unearthed due to the chaos caused by the tentacle monster's attack on the port town of Hargeon... Behind this door is an entire world where crystals make up the bulk of the light sources, with the other source being lanterns, candles, braziers, and other forms of fire. Inside this world lives a strange form of being, clad in black with razor sharp teeth and terrible grins to show them off. These creatures have indoctrinated several humans, those too foolish to have left the door alone, and caused them to steal something precious from one of the more wealthy citizens of Hargeon who was lucky enough to be outside the disaster zone when the tentacles came crashing down.

The one who had his item stolen has asked that any mage who desires fair pay for exploration, and possibly bloodshed galore delve into the depths of whatever hell lay beyond the door. Entering this door, you will have no prior knowledge of what lays inside unless you have an ability that would permit such a thing. The world you find, as described above, is filled with glowing crystals, glowing plants, and dark figures that dart in and out of your line of sight so quickly you can't track it... Nearby you see a stream of glowing water, along with several other streams equidistant from each other, all flowing in the same direction. If you follow the streams, you'll notice eventually that they all seem to be converging since they're all moving towards each other, but all still equidistant from each other... Eventually you come to a large stream that's shallow but wide where all the smaller ones converge leading into a cave system. This is where you'll begin encountering enemies as you're attacked from behind and every other directer, even below as you go deeper and deeper into the caves...

Those who can sense demons will notice that these creatures are in fact demons. If for some reason a Demon Slayer can't sense these are demons, they'll notice that the demons are taken down much easier by them than any ally they have with them... The demons here take double damage from Holy/Purifying magic, as well as Holy Heal spells. Light magic does not have this effect unless it is Holy/Purifying light magic. ((These enemies do not have HP gauges. It is up to the RP'r to come up with a sensible fight for each enemy. Any references to blocking does not require the use of a block dice, it simply means the RP'r is being told that the creature will block some attacks. If you roll a boss it is counted as 2x Strong. The boss will automatically spawn at any point you want after you roll 10 dice.))

Enemies:Weak: Demon

A very large creature, standing 30 feet with 10 foot wide shoulders. Its arms are as thick as tree trunks, and its claws are a foot long. It doesn't seem particularly intelligent, but it does known how to swing its arms with a high degree of accuracy. It has moderate (20mph) speed, and isn't too keen on blocking attacks. Countering all its negatives, this guy is extremely durable...

Normal: Demon

This one's only fifteen feet tall with four foot wide shoulders. They're faster than the other one, better at fighting too. This type dodges your attacks and blocks, unlike the larger version, and will even display a degree of unholy/corruption magic that's non-elemental. This magic can be consumed by God Slayers (all types). This creature is twice as fast as the larger version, and has just a bit more durability than it does. This creature will use its claws, and a strange type of jagged bladed weapon...

Strong: Demon

This one is a bit smaller at 10 feet tall... It won't attack you initially, and while fighting it none of the others will attack you. You'll be constantly hearing whispers in your head, hundreds upon thousands of them all trying to pull you into insanity... While fighting, this creature has more speed than the "Normal" demon (60mph) and twice the durability. It can use a variety of magic, but nothing too advanced. The weapons this one uses are its claws and a sharp sword that it seems to be adept at using...

~~End of the Line~~

Entering a massive chamber, the sound of drums can be heard... lining the walls are hundreds of demons of varying sizes... Many of them are small, impish looking things with sticks in their hands that are being used to slam the drums. Others are a mix of the ones previously fought... and in the middle of this chamber is a six foot tall demon. On the opposite of the chamber is a pedestal with the stolen item.

This one is shaped exactly like a human, and seems to be wearing some sort of oriental styled combat robes. It wields a weapon made of pure unholy energy but for some reason even God Slayers can't consume it. This one can speak directly into your mind, and just like fighting the 10 foot demons, it sounds like hundreds of thousands of people whispering to you. Unlike the other type, this one can hold full blown conversations and will offer you a single opportunity to turn back and leave without the item, even let you know you can take some of the water from the stream as a token from the land and tell you what it does. It appears to be civil enough to grant you this... it won't tell you what the item is, or why he wants it unfortunately. If you take the water and leave you will gain no EXP, but you will gain the vial of Living Water. If you choose to stay, the demon will attack.

Boss: Demon

A stated, it's 6 feet tall and looks like a human. Aside from the aforementioned sword, it also has two inch long claws that are every bit as sharp as any sword a master swordsman can make and be proud of... It uses very high level magic with a massive variety of effects from damage to crowd control to healing. It has the ability to increase its speed to move so fast that it seems to be teleporting, and is even able to unfold a pair of leathery wings and fly. Once defeated the other demons will vanish, but you will have a gut feeling that he's far from being dead..

Reward:Normal B Rank EXP

The first time you complete this job you will be given two things:1 - A set of Strong Rank armour.2 - If you took some of the water from the glowing stream, you will have a vial of Living Water. Each time you complete the job (once a month max) afterwards, you will be awarded with the vial of Living Water only. This item has a 1 use only effect; meaning that you have 1 use per vial period. Once used, that vial is gone and you do not start the next thread with it. You can take some of the water even if you decide to fight the boss... just scoop some in a glass on your way out.

Effect: When someone dies, you may use the Living Water to resurrect that person with 50% HP and 50% MP. All of their spells will be on a 2 post cooldown, any spell that was already on cooldown will have its cooldown increased by 2 posts. All passive effects will be 100% inactive for 2 posts. If you are the one who dies, someone else must use the item on you.

Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately I love money.

● Take a step into the voidOh dear...Seems like you've taken a step too far

The loud rambling of his fellow guildmates rang through the Siren's Song, on the left side to the bar there were those that were jolly who sang jaunty tunes with jugs of ale and the mysterious broth Cap'n Ana had drunk which Remus knew all to well from his introduction into Black Sails. On the right side a few pirates seemed to be perplexed looking at the job board scratching their heads or simply conversing with one another on a number of subjects, the boy took a sip from the clear green liquid in his mug and grimaced. He was still getting used to the beverages they had here and would soon be accustomed to. Having come back from a previous assignment with his good friend Julius a few weeks back Remus wanted to jump straight in the deep end with a new mission hoping to learn a few new tricks with his magic and hopefully see new monsters to write up for his many ideas on writing new books.

The boy's attention was returned back into the world as beside him sat a rather burly looking man who wore no upper layer of clothing but instead had a black and red striped bandana and plain black shorts which were tattered, one would think that the latter had been through some tough battles. Remus leaned back slightly taking in the man's knee high red laced boots as well as the huge jolly roger insignia plastered on his back. His facial hair was what made his appearance even more peculiar than it already was, his moustache was incredibly thick and was shaped to turn into swirls at the ends which hung in the air and his beard was quite patchy making Remus seem that the man couldn't grow a beard to save his life. He wondered why he just didn't shave it to hide embarrassment, however being a pirate ones appearance wasn't something to be entirely concerned with. "Somethin' wrong punk" A low growl sounded from the man who had seen Remus looking him up and down. "No problem over here, unless your tryna' make one" Remus stared his icy cold daggers straight back to the man which resulted in a childish game of 'Don't Blink' this lasted for a few seconds before the man grunted and returned to his previous activities on the bar. The boy took a low breath as his bravery escaped him, that pirate could've been an S-Rank wizard but Remus took nothing of it. Idiot.

In his head he silently hoped Haia was finally awake as he had slid the recently acquired 'Demon's Call' job from the board earlier this morning, he had knocked but got no reply so he slipped it under the doorframe and put his name on a separate sheet folded into it. Remus had only trusted Haia to do this mission in with regards to him knowing her slightly and wanting to get closer with her, and he wanted to give his team member some time to relax anyways.

Haia usually is not in her room that she was allocated to many days ago. However with Haia, rare occasions do occur. Her whole day back home was very very strange, yet so nice, and just after that she left for the guild and took a rest, hiding the mark she obtained. Haia stirs slowly and sits up, taking a moment to breathe slowly and calmly as she kept herself from falling back asleep. Haia then remembers something about that night. Slowly, she reaches for the back of her neck with her slender fingers, shifting a bit and pulling her hand away when she went a pleasant sensation course through her body. Luckily her hair did not activate the mark, so Haia could happily comb her hair to cover it. Haia gets up from her bed, she barely decorated the place, just a comfy bed and some of her belongings she always have with her.

Her eyes then caught something at the foot of her door. A piece of paper, resembling those that belong to the guild board in the Siren's Song. Cautiously she picks it up, she can never be too safe, after all she is still kind of in their list of potential keelhaul, and this might as well be a prank by the other pirates who are aware of how she got in. Haia steps away and grabs Orion her bow and steadily, holds down the paper, hearing it crumple like paper. Seems safe so far. Haia then flips it slowly open, holding her breath in case something explodes. Nothing. Haia lets out a breath of relief and approaches the paper and picks it up with one hand, the other holding her trusty weapon. Her eyes skim through the contents. Hargeon Town, ugly door to mysterious place, dark with only crystals and other things to light up the place, ugly things pay a visit to humans, do bad things, steal something special. Haia rolls her eyes, typical. Her eyes continue on. Wealthy man willing to pay for exploration. Her eyes lit up. Now this was a prize. Haia got more interested, based on reports, demons came through the door, or at least that is what the accounts say. But who left this request here. Haia pocketed it and quickly went through what books she brought. Haia knows every book by heart but she had to skim through. This is very new, very very new. Haia's eyes literally sparkled. Haia somehow had everything she needed, a book and quills, several ink bottles, some multi containment bottles, a metal pick-axe head that she could easily break minerals with.

Haia picks her bag up and grabs her quiver and bow once again. This is going to be fun. Then she heard grumbling, her stomach rumbling. First food. Haia yawns and opens her door and hears the morning creak. The Siren's Song was noisy as usual as she approached the building. As always, she pushes the door open and watches the crowd still in their usual merry cheer, while others are in still in a drunken stupor, or even worse crashed and sleeping. Her eyes caught a familiar silver haired teen. Slowly she strolls over, as she hollers to Alisha.

"Give me a good breakfast! And some water!" Alisha smiled and quickly went to her orders. Haia approached the table, her eyes looking at the burly man next to the tiny boy known to her as Remus. Haia takes a seat opposite of the man and gave a quick glance. How did he fit through the door? Haia snickers to herself, and looks at Remus.

Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately I love money.

● Take a step into the voidOh dear...Seems like you've taken a step too far

It seemed as if time was at a elderly person's pace, Remus watched as the clock's hands slowly clicked over each other signifying that a minute had passed in the bustling bar. Beside the boy still sat the towering behemoth and every now and then he'd give a side eye to the younger pirate, in his mind he was battling with himself on what to do with Remus. One side of him believed that he was made a fool out of yet the other felt it as nothing more than a child's attempt at riling up the man. Either way something inside him was telling him to do something about it. Remus quietly sipped on his warmed milk which was handed to him by Alisha. the woman had become accustomed to the boy's drinking habits and subconsciously made the beverage always with two squirts of honey, however there would be occasions where Remus would request a different drink but more times than not he mixed much better with his milked goodness.

He swiveled around on the stool and lay his arms on the counter for support, in front of him a group of his pirate brethren sang a jaunty tune in arms:

'Touch my heart or touch my soulYo Ho He Ho Ho Ho HoThere are men whose hearts are as black as coalAnd they sailed their ship across the ocean blue A bloodthirsty captain and her cutthroat crewIts a darker tale as were ever toldOf a lust for treasure and love for gold

Shiver my timbers shiver my sidesYo Ho He HoThere are hungers as strong as the winds and tidesYo Ho He Ho

And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rumThe devil himself would have call em' scum!Every man on board would've killed his mate For a bag of jewel or a piece of eightA piece of eightA piece of eight'

The song brought a small sneaky smile to Remus' face, this was the first time he'd actually listened to their loud songs and this one actually sounded quite funny to him especially after watching their little performance, which involved swinging from one side to the other and cups of rum being split due to their out of character moments. Jolly ol' pirates. His gaze wandered back to the clock and it had seemed that a hour had surprisingly passed, the boys face was twisted up in utter confusion. How on earth did a whole sixty minutes go by after hearing a song. Surely it wasn't that long. No way it could've been. It had to have been someones magic right? Or was he dreaming? What was real? So many unusual questions flooded the poor souls mind as turned back around on his seat and clutched his head with both hands.

It was as at this current moment that the petite girl Haia made her entrance into the Siren's Song, after placing her order she came and sat a space away from Remus. At first the boy didn't notice her as his hands were still wrapped around his hair which crumpled his hair a little bit, but something in the air smelled different for about two seconds. It was an enticing smell one of mystery and puzzles. Okay, maybe not mystery and puzzles but it did smell nice. Once she called him by his nickname it was evident that the smell belonged to the girl he knew, lifting up his head he mustered a chuckle and thumbed to the side at the big guy. "Heh me? You wish, giant king over here doesn't want any smoke me with me" Remus slammed his fist into his other hand as a minor taunt to the stronger wizard before him. "Oh yeah, did you get the mission I sent over? Whaddya' say? You tryna' kick some demon ass? It's been a while since I had to throw on the old gauntlets of destruction!" He exclaimed shaking his fists in the air as they began to radiate with coldness, his dragon slayer abilities not new to him anymore.

Haia leaned back on her chair, Remus tends to be amusing and hilarious at times with his antics. Haia lets loose a small smile of amusement as she watched the dragon slayer slammed his fist into his hand, her eyes glance at the giant next to Remus but her sight quickly returns to Remus asking her about the quest, one she honestly wondered why even exists, but hey a chance for research is a chance of research. It also did not take much for Haia's blue eyes to watch the fist raised in the air radiate with coolness and she could even see fog slowly forming around Remus's fist. Haia could sit here all day.

"Okay ice boy," Haia smirks, aiming her fingers like a gun and fired a small blast of spirit fire, which shrouds Remus's hand but not touch it. Haia smiles in amusement and blows smoke from her fingertips.

"I'll help you in your demon hunting, honestly I question your intentions whenever you want to throw on the "gauntlets of destruction". Anyway whatever, I'll do it, I want to study the place anyway, got my bag and everything ready," Haia said as she drew an arrow from her quiver and gave it a spin with her fingers before throwing it to the ground and watching it impale itself in the floorboard with ease. At that moment Alisha came by and handed Haia her apple cidar, and also chided the girl for damaging the floorboard. Haia simply shrugged and pull the arrow out.

Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately I love money.

● Take a step into the voidOh dear...Seems like you've taken a step too far

The beautiful glow of Haia' s spirit fire enticed the boy for a few moments before he returned back to reality. His mind was racing due to the deadly mission which lay before them, he wondered how strong his new partner's magic was and what the demonic forces would be like. Averse or welcoming? Who knew. What he did know was that they had better get moving if they wanted to complete the assignment. When she stuck the arrow into the floorboards Remus' lips curled up into an admiring smile, the girl was seemingly energized 24/7. That's what he liked about her. "Packed and ready as ever Haia, alright well let's get going I can feel the hours dragging by" He moaned slumping in his stool to exaggerate his point, the boy stood up and winked at the passing Alisha who had previously scolded his companion and returned the wink with a little grin.

His icy aura emitted from him instantly as his senses were on high alert now, the walls and floors alike began to be covered in thin ice at first causing those in the room to visibly see their breaths taken. Remus was getting better and better at using as well as controlling his abilities and this would come to fruition in the later battles to come, the giant mage who was sitting besides the young slayer grimaced at the immediate temperature drop and went to swing for Remus from behind. The boy lifted up his left arm and stopped the attack short, his gaze was what scared the elder wizard. It was cold, dark and deathly. As if Remus was bent towards ending the man's life here and then, but luckily he only grabbed the man's attacking hand and pulled him closer to him then delivered a shocking knee to the chin which seemingly incapacitated the mage. "So you actually wanted smoke with me? Now look at you, you're cold and in pain" He said blankly before returning his eyes to meet with Haia's. "Come on Haia time to kick ass!" The boy chuckled as he walked towards the exit in search of transport to Hargeon Town.

Haia lifted her feet up and bag too when she saw ice cover the ground like a sheet, poor Alisha getting her shoes trapped. Haia melts the ice for Alisha who look frustrated now that she had to get someone to repair the floor board incase the ice shattered the wood. But however Haia's attention was not on Alisha, but rather Remus and the big guy who tried to aim a punch. Haia stared right into Remus's eyes, nothing but pure killing intent can be sense, but not one to faze Haia, she always stared death in the face anyway. Once Remus did his thing, she raised an eyebrow, that was one big expression change. She made her way close to the man, her eyes inspected the red mark on his broken chin. Nothing to serious, they have a healing pool anyway. Her boots clicked as she finished her cidar and slams the cup on the table and walks beside the ice mage, her bag slung over her shoulder. But something told her Remus clearly had no idea how to leave.

"Guess I have to do this myself geez!" Haia rushed at Remus, threw him over her shoulder like there was no weight to him and wings of black and blue fire swirled and danced as they formed wings that carried them high into the sky. Flying is awesome transport. Haia soared into the air, doing a barrel roll as gulls flew past her. Haia definitelt flew faster than a boat, and definitely got to Hargeon Town faster.

"Anyway Remus!" Haia looks at the boy before looking down. "Have a safe trip down!" Haia does an aileron roll as she throws Remus of her. As for herself, she slowly paraglides down.

The boy was strolling as he got outside and paused for a moment to take in the clean, crisp air. However, his moment of serenity was stopped short by the superhuman Haia. She slung over Remus as if it was nothing, he felt like his manhood was taken away from him. Then came the brilliant swirl of blue and black flames formulating the wings which allowed the two to soar into the sky above. Air blew through his hair as they flew over the ocean below taking in the sparkles in the sea and swirls in the sky. Remus, after about an hour flight started to get a little sleepy but was immediately brought back to the land of the living by a mumble from the body above him and a sensation of falling. Haia had dropped him towards the water! "NO NO NO!" He yelped, she of course not knowing about his fear of oceans/deep bodies of water. The boy had no choice but to think fast as Haia herself performed a beautiful glide towards the docks area of Hargeon.Almost upon instinct his feet possessed an icy mist upon then before he was mere inches away from a watery grave, he then ran across the water making small ice patches as he sped along."Oh thank you, thank you thank you. We need to get to land, by the Gods we need to get to land" He muttered as he dashed closer to the area Haia was in, a few seconds and he had made it. "I should kick you in your throat for nearly killing me" He sighed with a hearty chuckle before hugging the girl still thankful that he was still living. "Let's move" Remus nodded as the two waltzed deeper into the town.

Haia lands softly on the ground and arcs her back, groaning as her muscles were stretched before sighing in relief of getting relaxed muscles. Haia looks around, she definitely landed in the right spot. Haia looks at the pathway, just a short skip away was a gaping hole in the middle of a metal gateway spewing out dark matter with an interesting blue glow. Haia then hears the rushed footsteps of someone and turns to see a very angry looking Remus who pretty much has the right to kick her in throat, if he could reach her. Haia's eyes widen when Remus gave her a hug, with a smile no less. Haia stood there frozen in shock but quickly snaps back to reality to go through the gate.

Haia skips over the melted bars of the gate and stares down the hole in the center. Deep and glowing. Haia looks to her companion before glancing back to the hole.

"We are dealing with a hole filled with demons. Of course how typical. I would blast the hole shut but something tells me it is not that easy... So what do you think of jumping down and giving the demons a house crashing party eh?" Haia said with a confident snarky tone.

Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately I love money.

● Take a step into the voidOh dear...Seems like you've taken a step too far

The gate was actually beautiful in appearance in fact it wasn't much of a gate more so a portal. Reminiscent of a nebula sprinkles of purple, blue and red Remus could've sworn they called out his name. Blooming with dark energy, pulsating here and there wanting to draw it's viewers in. What awaited them in that pit of darkness was demons of another nature, the two were stepping face to face with demons more than capable of skinning them alive and taking their bones out one by one and use them as tooth picks, maybe even use the bones to file their sharp jagged teeth. Cruel imagery, I know.

Turning towards Haia the boy sighed and answered "Well what would a party be without a cold one and some fireworks" Winking his arms let off wisps of cold energy, then with a smile he jumped into the gate feeling his body being sucked downwards. The journey down was incredibly black with barely any light coming in aside from the source above, screams and whispers flew into the ears of the two saying various things with Remus only picking up a few that were centered to him "Your fear of water...irrational, I'll drown you in your own blood" / "You'll never be a guild master, you lack the strength and leadership everyone will abandon you someday, worthless wizard Aquila" His eyebrows furrowed causing his eyes to become enraged, this was clear now. This place was not fear for those who's weaknesses could be exploited, the demons would tear you in two.

The whisper experience was apparently used to confuse or disorientate it's victims by releasing secrets about the person or fears, the reason Remus knew this was well because it happened to him and now he'd have something to write about his travels into this plane of existence. Still in blackness it was while before he hit the floor expecting to break his legs but it was as if he was gently placed down. And instantly the dark cavern lit up to reveal a spectacle of colours and structures. A purplish cave with stalagmites was what he saw first as he was standing in it, the atmosphere was cold and this wasn't because of Boreas' aura, which made the cave's jagged walls look a tad bit shiny, the mage walked a little but further as watching the floor he noticed that there wall crystal balls full of green mists, blue mists, yellow mists and some were even engraved into the wall.

Remus' breath was halted as he heard an unfamiliar voice to his left, he turned slowly but cautiously and scoffed noticing whom the voice belonged to. It was a faerie but not one out of a children's book that was happy and cheerful colored green and had blonde hair, no, this creature was white in appearance possessing elvish ears and black shoulder length hair with a black and sapphire blue dress, a pendant glowed blue as lay across her chest. The color blue popped up again as she had a petal-like frill on the bottom of her dress it's wings looked quite familiar to that of butterfly which fluttered effortlessly. A small sacrificial dagger glistened in her small hand whilst another outstanding feature he noted down was she sat upon a decaying skull. "You're the one known as Remus I presume, don't worry about your little friend behind you she can't see me. In fact my sister will be accompanying her to help you both on your quest to kill the demons" Her voice was powerful though due to her height it came as a shock to Remus. And another Faerie? Could this one have been bluffing? Did Remus knock his head on the way down? "Wait a minute how'd you figure out...it...it wasn't you who sent out the request? Was it?" He was unsure how they could've done it but he'd seen crazier things happen in his lifetime. "Of course not, don't be stupid. Another one of you wizards had come down here for 'riches' but was turned back when he wandered into the wrong portal. In short he found us, and we asked him for a favor and lo and behold here you are" She spoke as she sat on his should twirling the dagger around.

"This is Crazy...Haia I've never seen anything like this before, It's as if this place is alive and we've just begun on our path. These Faeries are apparently the cause for this...sometimes my brash decisions can be be my demise" Remus huffed once again folding his arms staring deep down the hall of the cave a few ways away from the pair.

Haia needed no further signal when Remus decided to take the plunge. Cracking her neck, the whispers of the hole echoeing in her head before she swan dives into it. Remus was below her by several meters as they made their descent. The girl took the time to take a breather. The sounds was getting annoying. Then they went quiet. Haia smiled, her once blue eyes now sliver in color, like a pure white diamond as they glowed in holy radiance. Then something spoke to her. A surprisingly clear and crisp voice. Looking to her left, she spots a fae. Haia however shook off the thought as she landed behind her icy friend and was greeted by the amazing lights. The girl took her notebook out and stsrted jotting notes and sketches. The girl took her time, using her pick to chip a small bit of the crystal, which showed to be very passive despite the kind of place they are in. It was like a world on its own. Then the voice came back and she looks back at her shoulder. This time the fae was there.

Haia easily could tell a fae, they were never like those in children's books. The fae were sentient themselves, capable of making full hollows with a hierarchy and social ladder. They resemble similar to the one next to her right now, though something told her there was more to her new companion of sorts. This particular fairy wore a similar outfit to her sister, though Haia will not know that. There were key differences. The fairy wore ruby clothes, and instead of black shoulder length hair, it was tomboyish short white hair, with matching red eyes and pale skin.

The fairy introduced herself as Io, oddly appropriate name Haia thought, in a rather hesitant way. Her appearance may seem rough and tough, but clearly she was a polar opposite. Haia was curious about the eyeballs that took a role as her seat. Haia listened and walked behind Remus. How intrigueing she thought. Haia then was stopped by a rather upset Remus. Haia chuckled with a raised eyebrow.

"I rather research this place than fight those demons, but bloody hell this place does feel alive, like there is more hidden in these tunnels and we just scratched the surface, and I believe our new fairy companions will be our sort of guide," Haia looked over her shoulder at the timid looking Io who nods in Remus's direction.

Money isn't the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately I love money.

● Take a step into the voidOh dear...Seems like you've taken a step too far

Hearing Haia's kind words instilled hope within the boy almost diminishing the internal battle he was having with himself, clicking his back he moved on stepping over a few overly big boulders littered around the area. On his shoulder the faerie began humming a little tune to herself that sounded a little on the eerie side, their walk had lasted about three or five minutes and it had seemed like the surroundings were pretty similar from when they first descended. Remus still was thinking on the many outcomes of today and how it would be possible that the demons may win, it wasn't that Remus was a pessimistic type of person. It was that he'd prefer to survey the situation and round up all the odds and find ways to best them so that his team would come out on top. Intuition or intelligence were the main factors here.

His thought process ceased because of the amazing sight that he witnessed. Becoming so occupied with the ways of defeating the demons Remus didn't notice the beauty that was in front of him, the everlasting path had finally led the group out into an opening. The cave's mouth complete with small hanging vines opened wide in a circular form and had two reasonably large columns one wider than the other but both possessing moss and plant life at the base and in cracks, looking out further the boy had realized that the footpath reached out into a massive area a few meters away, the path itself looked eroded and tattered as if it had been walked on by millions of passersby. At certain points the path had been cut off requiring the adventurers to jump over whenever necessary, his eyes also locked onto two crimson orbs either side of the start of the passageway and noticed that they were floating on curved pointed pedestals of sorts, Remus was astounded by the sheer craftsmanship of this place, to see such architecture brought a smile to his face which tag-teamed with Haia's earlier words and broke down his internal fight. He was a wizard of both intellect and admiration.

Something puzzled the mage as he had to properly look to see it and the sound of running water was evident now, this had annoyed Remus due to the fact that he didn't see it earlier. But there were several streams of water running through the cracks in the pavement that flowed to link up with a few of the glowing bodies of water that pushed through to lead up into the large clearing that was illuminated a nice blue. In the horizon many mountains and rocky structures could be seen. The way the water was glowing felt like it was pulling Remus closer to it and with that he mentally vowed to see where it led to.

"C'mon Remus get a move on, you need to get to that clearing over there across the path bridge thingie" The faerie groaned flicking her hair away from her face and pulling the boy along to the start of the path. "For starters I still don't know your name and secondly what if I fall, because this looks mighty unsafe. I mean Haia can fly but--" He was cut off by the mystical beings hands over his lips. "Okay hush. First off my name is Opal and don't be such a wuss you're a man aren't you? So behave like one!" Her yell came out high pitched as she shook her fists in anger, Remus nodded quickly and attempted to calm Opal before looking back at Haia with a wink and thumbs up. It was show time. Backing away to give himself some space he started off on a brisk walk then broke into a run speeding across the sectioned pathway and hopping across when needed, all in all this too about twenty seconds which was longer than the young pirate had anticipated. Finally he leaped over to the last platform and arrived on the new rocky terrain. Remus turned around and waved Haia across as his curiosity twirled his attention to amazement that lay before him.

A stream that possessed all the little conversions was now clearly visible, and on the walls were etched writing that he had never seen before but guessed his partner would know considering she liked her research so much. Walking closer to the walls something seemed out of place but Remus couldn't quite pin down what exactly it was as he arched his brow becoming wary of the new surroundings now. As if on cue horrific looking beings molded themselves out of the walls around Remus to forms of various sizes and appearances. One stood out much more than the rest by his sheer height and bigger body size not to mention his tree trunk looking arms, beside him stood two smaller demons but not too small they looked about half the bigger demon's size and looked more streamlined. The demon's claws were vicious as most came out curved and crooked perfect for gutting and wrenching it's victims, but what was more surprising was the three smallest demons. They looked like they in fact held the strength in the group as well as heightened speed, all three had scabbards on their back which Remus assumed held swords of sorts and even their claws were like daggers. Oh what a battle this would be.

He silently prayed Haia would do some crazy aerial artillery strike so the two could move on, who knows perhaps she could be dealing with her own problems as the area Remus was in was ridiculously big. Mitsumaki appeared in a dance of flames beside her owner and scowled at the demons who's heads were twitching and turning at the sight. With his own magic Remus forged the claws of the ice dragon and got into his fighting stance. It appeared that he dropped to the floor when in fact he had dashed at the squadron of demons first targeting the biggest one.

Haia followed behind Remus, silently not because of the atmosphere, but rather her eyes laid attentive on every fine detail. Io was rather quiet, and spoke in short brisk sentences that easily convey her feelings of worry and hesitance to move forward. Haia paid no heed, but she gave the fae a small finger pat before flicking her hair, which gave Io a reliant feeling as they moved more in this cold, brilliant place. Each tunnel was its own artwork, each stalagmite and stalactite a beautiful stone spire. Not to mention the natural outcrop of crystals. Haia slowly took what she could, small bits here and there. The minerals proved interesting and the rocks of an amazing varient. Whatever this place is, it slowly grew on her.

They reached the bridge, Haia looked at the ricky ugly rotten bridge. Io was rather worried that perhaps the bridge might fall from whatever weight. Haia looked at it and was about to give the bridge a typical insepction but then Remus took the dive for it. Haia raised an eyebrow as he stepped across the bridge before running for it. But he got across nonetheless. Haia ignored the wave before tapping a plank with her feet. As predicted, the bridge crumbles to pieces and she heard plops. Haia just flew over and wanted to give Remus a smack for weakening the bridge with his running.

But something stank. The girl would not really call it stinky, but rather, she could smell it. It is something any human can taste. Cause it was purely evil. Haia's eyes narrowed as she stood beside Remus. As much as the place was beautiful, the glowing pools of water reminded her of the amazing water that was the healing pool in the hideout. Haia was curious to scoop a smaple. The mountainous formations that shaped the cavern was littered the foul aura. Haia grit her teeth, her magic was surging and ready to burst.

When Remus took the first frontal assault, Haia drew her bow and arrow and casted her spell. Light from the pools drew into her arrow, as magic energy flowed into it. In a short moment brilliant bright light bursts forth from the arrow, scaring surrouding minor demon spawn. A sword of light and white shone brightly in Haia's bow. There was no way Haia is going to use her other magic against demon spawn. The girl jumped upwards and fires the arrow at one of the weird swordhands before landing on the side of a stalactite and held on to the slippery stone before jumping off when one of the demons pursued her.